http://www.businessinsider.com/john-kellys-speech-about-marines-in-ramadi-2013-6

had read that account before, perhaps linked from this very site.


but oh so worth reading again.


May God bless our veterans, and particularly the families of those that have been taken from us.

Semper fidelis may just be words to most people, but it seems a fitting epitaph to those two young men, as they personified those two words to a tee.

I had the pleasure to be serving under him in Fallujah when this occurred. He is a great leader and personally ensured those Marines story was not forgotten. They were true heroes!

Oh and according to the current leadership, losing Ramadi to Isis is of no importance. Tell that to the families of those two Marines.

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